From Columbus to Castro: the history of the Caribbean, 1492-1969From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean is about 30 million people scattered across an arc of islands -- Jamaica, Haiti, Barbados, Antigua, Martinique, Trinidad, among others-separated by the languages and cultures of their colonizers, but joined together, nevertheless, by a common heritage. For whether French, English, Dutch, Spanish, Danish, or-latterly-American, the nationality of their masters has made only a notional difference to the peoples of the Caribbean. The history of the Caribbean is dominated by the history of sugar, which is inseparable from the history of slavery; which was inseparable, until recently, from the systematic degradation of labor in the region. Here, for the first time, is a definitive work about a profoundly important but neglected and misrepresented area of the world. |
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User Review - Ken Angle - GoodreadsAmong the saleant points; a needed documentation of slavery. Eric Williams points out the enormity of the issue that still has legacy in our society. He gives numbers that should stagger white and black alike. Read full review
Contents
Westward Ho | 13 |
Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the West Indies | 18 |
Gold and Sugar | 23 |
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| Title | From Columbus to Castro: the history of the Caribbean, 1492-1969 Vintage Series |
| Author | Eric Eustace Williams |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 1984 |
| ISBN | 0394715020, 9780394715025 |
| Length | 576 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Caribbean & West Indies / General History / General History / Latin America / General West Indies West Indies - History |
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